Americans Reach Fismes In Aisne Advance Front
On August 3 American forces entered southern Fismes as Allied troops push 40 miles along the Aisne Meuse front. Cavalry patrols seize fords near Champligny and Rheims while French and Allied units report German withdrawal with heavy fires in evacuated territories.
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Aisne
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Champigny
Allies Gear Up as German Retreats Across Front
Allied forces surge forward on the Aisne front amid two weeks of fierce fighting between Soissons and Rheims. French cavalry patrols guard the rail line between the cities while American troops hold the Flames supply base. British gains west of the Ancre River accompany the retreat as bombardments pound retreating German positions.
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Nasta Poyer
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Pommuters
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Ancre
Braine
Veale
Muzon
St Thierry
Associated Press
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Aigne-Marne
Ancre River
Police Shootout In Cleveland Payroll Heist Ends With Money Recovered
Two Cleveland police officers were shot during a noon chase after bandits robbed the Walker Company airplane plant payroll of 22 934. The bandits fled in a car, exchanged fire with pursuing officers, and wrecked their vehicle in a ditch. The money was later recovered when the bandits abandoned the car. Two officers were wounded, one possibly fatally, and investigators pursued the robbers to a second stolen car. Two men in disguises had posed as police to seize the payroll.
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Cleveland
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Toda
H J Walker Con Pany
Norman Walker
Carey
Walker Company
Wei
Walker
Ferry Smith
Edgar Smith
Perry Smith
Chicago
George Neubert
Gottfried Brewing Company
Woman wounded when gun misfires during chicken hawk sighting
Winchester Virginia August 3 Mrs William Newcome wife of a farmer was seriously wounded yesterday by a gun shot when a gun exploded in the hands of her daughter Mamie who was aiming at a chicken hawk.
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Winchester
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Mamie
Marne casualty debate tied to draft age plan
Reports misquoted General March over Marne casualties blamed on distorted statements. Baker and March deny figures and promise careful, full casualty lists. Secretary Baker announces draft age 18 to 45 with universal registration as Congress plans a wider military program to mobilize roughly 300,000 more Americans under Pershing's command.
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War Department
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Committee On Public Information
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March
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Chamberlain
Representative Dent
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Verdun
General Crowder
Hun Chiefs Admit Failure of Plans
Copenhagen August 3 advices say Waurshal von Hindenburg and Gen Ludendorff met German correspondents and openly admitted their strategic plans failed this time. They claimed Germany remains master of the situation and that enemy gains were dispensed of as planned despite losses. Von Hindenburg said German soldiers would grow accustomed to Americans as they did to black soldiers.
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Copenhagen
Waurshal von Hindenburg
Ludendorfft
von Hindenburg
Revolt in Turkish Army Runs Deep as War Expands
Ryley Grannon reports unrest within the Turkish forces as 100,000 desert from Falkenhayn’s army en route to Jerusalem. Losses in Dobrudja and oil fields fuel anger, with pro British sentiment rising. Mutinies and a shifting balance threaten Germany’s influence in Constantinople and beyond.
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Bulgaria
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Arama
Fez
Outer Mongolia
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Dedengatch
Hoover narrowly escapes German air raid in Boulogne
Paris dispatch reports Herbert Hoover American food administrator and party narrowly escaped a German air raid in Boulogne where a bomb shattered windows of their private car He aims to study Belgium food supply during a Paris visit and plans no public comments on Entente Allied food issues His allies say he fears excessive publicity from London remarks could weaken public resolve to economize on food.
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Paris
Herbert Hoover
Boulogne
Belgium
Ship Stuck On Ways In Delaware River Build
The 800 ton Watonwan, the first fabricated ship built on the Delaware River, remains stuck on the Bristol yard ways after an unsuccessful launch attempt. An Emergency Fleet probe hints at a possible Hun plot, while officials investigate. Early notes say extensive shoring damage may have wedged the cradle and blocked movement.
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Watonwan
Delaware River
Merchant Shipbuilding Company
Bristol
Charles M. Schwab
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Gas mustard gas near Camp Leach injures Scott family
Engineers at Camp Leach tested elements believed to form mustard gas. A cloud of vapor drifted onto nearby residences injuring former Senator Nathan B. Scott and several women in his family. Several animals including chickens were killed. Officials refused to disclose details of the experiment.
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Senator Scott
Edward H Schulz
George Bay
Philip Cristal
George A Rburke
Bureau of Mines
Scott
Pershing Receives Grand Cross of Legion of Honor
Paris August 3 Gen John J Pershing commander in chief of the American expeditionary forces in France was awarded the grand cross of the Legion of Honor by the French government Clemenceau sent a telegram to Pershing stating the government’s decision to confer the dignity in recognition of his eminent qualities and his service in organizing American forces in France France remembers the crucial aid of Pershing’s troops at a difficult moment.
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John J Pershing
France
Prentier
Clemenceau
Pershing
French Republic
Franqe
Plan to Aid Russia by United States and Japan
The United States and Japan announce a joint plan to aid Russia in Siberia with a small force to Vladivostok, aiming to protect the Czecho Slovak army and stabilize the region while respecting Russian sovereignty. They pledge to withdraw troops once objectives are achieved and emphasize no interference in Russia's internal affairs.
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Jurman
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Taater
Red Cross
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